Stephen King Directors (1976-2016)
by Scholle2008 | created - 1 month ago | updated - 1 week ago | PublicThese directors directed one ore more movies that is / are based on a Stephen King story in the years from 1976 to 2016. Which director is your favorite?
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1. Brian De Palma
Director | Body Double
Brian De Palma is one of the well-known directors who spear-headed the new movement in Hollywood during the 1970s. He is known for his many films that go from violent pictures, to Hitchcock-like thrillers. Born on September 11, 1940, De Palma was born in Newark, New Jersey in an Italian-American ...
Film: Carrie (1976)
2. Stanley Kubrick
Director | 2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick was born in Manhattan, New York City, to Sadie Gertrude (Perveler) and Jacob Leonard Kubrick, a physician. His family were Jewish immigrants (from Austria, Romania, and Russia). Stanley was considered intelligent, despite poor grades at school. Hoping that a change of scenery would ...
Film: The Shining (1980)
3. George A. Romero
Writer | Land of the Dead
George A. Romero never set out to become a Hollywood figure; by all indications, though, he was very successful. The director of the groundbreaking "Living Dead" films was born February 4, 1940 ,in New York City to Ann (Dvorsky) and Jorge Romero. His father was born in Spain and raised in Cuba, and...
Films: Creepshow (1982), The Dark Half (1993)
4. Lewis Teague
Director | Cujo
Extremely efficient and underrated director Lewis Teague was born on March 8th, 1938, in Brooklyn, NY. He apprenticed with director Sydney Pollack at Universal Television, and was a production manager on the landmark rock concert documentary Woodstock (1970).
Teague found gainful employment working ...
Films: Cujo (1983), Cat's Eye (1985)
5. David Cronenberg
Actor | The Fly
David Cronenberg, also known as the King of Venereal Horror or the Baron of Blood, was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1943. His father, Milton Cronenberg, was a journalist and editor, and his mother, Esther (Sumberg), was a piano player. After showing an inclination for literature at an early...
Film: The Dead Zone (1983)
6. John Carpenter
Writer | The Fog
John Howard Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York, to mother Milton Jean (Carter) and father Howard Ralph Carpenter. His family moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where his father, a professor, was head of the music department at Western Kentucky University. He attended Western Kentucky ...
Film: Christine (1983)
7. Fritz Kiersch
Director | Children of the Corn
Fritz Kiersch was born on July 23, 1951 in Alpine, Texas, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Children of the Corn (1984), Tuff Turf (1985) and Into the Sun (1991).
Film: Children of the Corn (1984)
8. Mark L. Lester
Director | Commando
Director, writer and producer Mark L. Lester has created high-action films throughout his career, including some of the world's biggest box office draws. His directorial expertise has garnered praise for such films as Arnold Schwarzenegger's box-office mega-hit Commando (1985), Stephen King's ...
Film: Firestarter (1984)
9. Daniel Attias
Director | Silver Bullet
Daniel Attias won the DGA's 2009 best drama directing award for The Wire (2002) (episode: "Transitions"). He has also been nominated three other times in that category for episodes of The Sopranos (1999) ("46 Long"), Six Feet Under (2001) ("Back to the Garden"), and "Homeland" (2015)_ ("13 Hours in...
Film: Silver Bullet (1985)
10. Stephen King
Writer | Maximum Overdrive
Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21, 1947, at the Maine General Hospital in Portland. His parents were Nellie Ruth (Pillsbury), who worked as a caregiver at a mental institute, and Donald Edwin King, a merchant seaman. His father was born under the surname "Pollock," but used the last name ...
Film: Maximum Overdrive (1986)
11. Rob Reiner
Actor | All in the Family
Robert Reiner was born in New York City, to Estelle Reiner (née Lebost) and Emmy-winning actor, comedian, writer, and producer Carl Reiner.
As a child, his father was his role model, as Carl Reiner created and starred in The Dick Van Dyke Show. Estelle was also an inspiration for him to become a ...
Films: Stand by Me (1986), Misery (1990)
12. Michael Gornick
Cinematographer | Dawn of the Dead
Michael Gornick is known for Dawn of the Dead (1978), Monsters (1988) and Day of the Dead (1985).
Film: Creepshow 2 (1987)
13. Paul Michael Glaser
Actor | Starsky and Hutch
Paul Michael Glaser (born Paul Manfred Glaser March 25, 1943) is an American actor and director best known for his role as Detective Dave Starsky on the 1970s television series, Starsky & Hutch. In between his work writing and directing, Glaser also played Captain Jack Steeper on the NBC series ...
Film: The Running Man (1987)
14. Mary Lambert
Director | Pet Sematary
Mary Lambert was born in 1951 in Helena, Arkansas, USA. She is a director and writer, known for Pet Sematary (1989), Madonna: Like a Prayer (1989) and The in Crowd (2000). She has been married to Jerome Gary since September 28, 1991. They have one child.
Films: Pet Sematary (1989), Pet Sematary II (1992)
15. Ralph S. Singleton
Production_manager | Cagney & Lacey
Ralph S. Singleton was born on March 22, 1940 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. He is a production manager and producer, known for Cagney & Lacey (1981), Murder at 1600 (1997) and Last Man Standing (1996).
Film: Graveyard Shift (1990)
16. John Harrison
Director | Dune
John Harrison began his career directing rock videos and working as 1st Asst. Director for famed horror director,George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead (1968)/Creepshow (1982)). Harrison wrote and directed multiple episodes of Romero's classic TV series,Tales from the Darkside (1983)m], before ...
Film: Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
17. Brett Leonard
Director | Virtuosity
Brett Leonard is a film director.
Mr. Leonard has recently been named by The Producers Guild of America, in association with Variety Magazine, as one of its "Digital 25", recognizing the twenty five leading visionaries, innovators and producers who have made significant contributions to the ...
Film: The Lawnmower Man (1992)
18. Mick Garris
Writer | Amazing Stories
Born in Santa Monica, California, on December 4, 1951, Mick Garris grew up with his mother in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Van Nuys from age 12, following his parents' divorce. Garris was making his own 8mm home movies around that time, and when he got older be became a freelance critic ...
Films: Sleepwalkers (1992), Riding the Bullet (2004)
19. Fraser C. Heston
Actor | The Ten Commandments
Fraser C. Heston was born on February 12, 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a producer and director, known for The Ten Commandments (1956), Needful Things (1993) and Mother Lode (1982). He has been married to Marilyn Heston since May 31, 1980. They have one child.
Film: Needful Things (1993)
20. Frank Darabont
Writer | The Shawshank Redemption
Three-time Oscar nominee Frank Darabont was born in a refugee camp in 1959 in Montbeliard, France, the son of Hungarian parents who had fled Budapest during the failed 1956 Hungarian revolution. Brought to America as an infant, he settled with his family in Los Angeles and attended Hollywood High ...
Films: The Shawshank Redemption (1993), The Green Mile (1999), The Mist (2007)
21. Tobe Hooper
Director | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Honored with many awards for his films and achievement in the horror genre, Tobe Hooper is truly one of the Masters of Horror (2005).
Tobe Hooper was born in Austin, Texas, to Lois Belle (Crosby) and Norman William Ray Hooper, who owned a theater in San Angelo. He spent the 1960s as a college ...
Film: The Mangler (1995)
22. Taylor Hackford
Producer | Ray
In addition to helming the iconic feature hits An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Against All Odds (1984), Ray (2004), and the cult thriller The Devil's Advocate (1997), Taylor Hackford has directed the films Dolores Claiborne (1995), Everybody's All-American (1988), and Proof of Life (2000). ...
Film: Dolores Claiborne (1995)
23. Tom Holland
Writer | Fright Night
Tom Holland is an American director and screenwriter of horror and thriller films. His early writing projects include Class of 1984 (1982) and the Robert Bloch- inspired Psycho II (1983), the latter starring Anthony Perkins as the menacing psychopath, Norman Bates.
Tom gained more notoriety, however...
Film: Thinner (1996)
24. Mark Pavia
Producer | Sick Nick
Mark Pavia was born in Elmhurst, Illinois, USA. He is known for Sick Nick, Fender Bender (2016) and The Night Flier (1997). He is married to Julie Entwisle.
Film: The Night Flier (1997)
25. Bryan Singer
Director | X-Men
Bryan Singer is an American film director and producer who got his start writing and co-directing the short film Lions Den with his classmates while he attended USC. He was hired by 20th Century Fox to direct X-Men, which helped kick-start the superhero renaissance. He later directed three sequels....
Film: Apt Pupil (1998)
26. Scott Hicks
Director | Shine
Hicks was born in Uganda and lived in Kenya, just outside Nairobi, until the age of ten. His family then moved, first to England and, when he was 14, on to Adelaide, Australia. Hicks graduated from Flinders University of South Australia (BA Honors) in 1975 and was awarded an honorary doctorate in ...
Film: Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
27. Balu Mahendra
Cinematographer | Moondram Pirai
Balu Mahendra was born on May 20, 1939 in Sri Lanka. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Moondram Pirai (1982), Kokila (1977) and Veedu (1988). He was married to Ahileshwari. He died on February 13, 2014 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Film: Julie Ganapathy (2003)
28. Lawrence Kasdan
Writer | The Big Chill
Lawrence Kasdan is an American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He directed Body Heat, Grand Canyon, The Big Chill, Silverado and Dreamcatcher. He wrote Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Bodyguard, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens and Solo: A Star Wars Story. He is ...
Film: Dreamcatcher (2003)
29. David Koepp
Writer | Jurassic Park
David Koepp is an American film director and screenwriter. He is known for writing Jurassic Park directed by Steven Spielberg, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Spider-Man directed by Sam Raimi and Panic Room directed by David ...
Film: The Secret Window (2004)
30. Mikael Håfström
Writer | Ondskan
Mikael Håfström was born on July 1, 1960 in Lund, Skåne län, Sweden. He is a writer and director, known for Evil (2003), 1408 (2007) and The Rite (2011).
Film: 1408 (2007)
31. Anurag Kashyap
Producer | Gangs of Wasseypur
Anurag Singh Kashyap (born 10 September 1972) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. Kashyap made his directorial debut with as yet unreleased Paanch, with Kay Kay Menon as the lead. As a filmmaker, he is known for Black Friday (2004), a controversial and award-winning Hindi film ...
Film: No Smoking (2007)
32. Jeff Beesley
Director | Sparkle
Jeff Beesley is one of Canada's most exciting young filmmakers. With his unique cinematic vision, Jeff has achieved International acclaim for his body of work. His productions have screened at some of the world's most prestigious festivals and have won dozens of awards.
Film: Dolan's Cadillac (2009)
33. Kimberly Peirce
Director | Boys Don't Cry
Kimberly Peirce was born on September 8, 1967 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA. She is a director and producer, known for Boys Don't Cry (1999), Stop-Loss (2008) and Carrie (2013).
Film: Carrie (2013)
34. Peter Askin
Director | John Leguizamo: Spic-O-Rama
Peter Askin was born in 1940. He is a producer and director, known for John Leguizamo: Spic-O-Rama (1993), A Good Marriage (2014) and Company Man (2000).
Film: A Good Marriage (2014)
35. Peter Cornwell
Director | Ward 13
Peter Cornwell is known for Ward 13 (2003), The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) and Zéro deux (2007).
Film: Mercy (2014)
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